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tuffie

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The systematic names for water, ammonia, and methane are dihydrogen monoxide, ImageO; trihydrogen nitride, NImage; and tetrahydrogen carbide, CImage. Why do most people, including chemists, prefer to use the common names for these compounds?
 
  A) The common names are shorter and easier to pronounce.
  B) These compounds are encountered frequently.
  C) The common names are more widely known.
  D) all of the above

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Oxygen atoms are used to make water molecules. Does this mean that oxygen, Image, and water, ImageO, have similar properties?
 
  A) Yes, and this explains how fish are able to breathe water.
  B) Yes, but that their properties are similar is only a coincidence.
  C) No, but their similar properties are only a coincidence.
  D) No, compounds are uniquely different from the elements from which they're made.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
:D TYSM

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